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Urge Congress to Protect Health Care Workers from Violence by Passing the SAVE Act
Enactment of the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act (H.R. 2584/S. 2768) is a top priority for the AHA and the hospital field.
SENATE ACTION: HELP’s Primary Care Bill Needs Changes
You are receiving this message as a constituent of a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Congress Is Considering Hospital Cuts; Tell Them to Reject Proposals That Could Jeopardize Patients’ Access to Care
Several House subcommittees April 26 will hold hearings on a variety of issues that affect hospitals and health systems, including transparency, site-neutral payment policies, tax-exempt status, workforce shortages and the Provider Relief Fund.
Urge Congress to Support Hospitals by Enacting Key Priorities in Lame-Duck Session
The AHA has urged congressional leaders to include a number of important provisions in a year-end legislative package to ensure that hospitals and health systems are able to continue their mission of caring for the communities they serve.
Bipartisan Bill Seeks Protections for Health Care Workers against Workplace Violence
Reps. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., and Larry Bucshon, M.D., R-Ind., today introduced the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act of 2022, legislation that would extend to health care workers federal protections against workplace violence, similar to those afforded to aircraft and airport employees.
Alert on House Dear Colleague Letter on Potentially Anticompetitive Conduct of Nurse-staffing Agencies
Please contact your representatives today and urge them to sign on to a “Dear Colleague” letter circulating in the House.
Urge Congress to Include Hospital Priorities in Reconciliation ‘Human Infrastructure’ Package
Please contact your representatives and senators today and urge them to include a number of policies that support America’s hospitals and health systems to ensure that the nation’s health care needs can be met today and into the future.
Use Model Letter to Submit Comments on OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard
AHA model comments on OSHA’s COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard.
Urge Your Senators to Add Provisions to Support Hospitals and Health Systems in COVID-19 Relief Legislation
The House of Representatives Feb. 27 approved the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, legislation to provide reconciliation protection for a roughly $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.
Urge Your Representatives and Senators to Support Hospitals and Health Systems during ‘Lame-duck Session’
Congress is back in Washington, D.C., for its “lame-duck” session, in which lawmakers will take up pressing, end-of-year business. Funding for the federal government, as well as other key health care provisions, are set to expire Dec. 11. It is imperative that we work to ensure that hospitals and health systems — and their front-line caregivers — receive additional federal support as we continue to navigate public health and financial challenges due to COVID-19.